Machine for handling cigar bunches.



No. 815,359. I PATENTED MAIL. 2o, 1906.

w. s. LUGKETT.

MACHINE FOR HANDLING CIGAR BUNGHES.

' I APPLICATION IILBD'APB 1'4; 1904.

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PATENTBD MAR. 20, 1906;

MACHINE FOR HANDLING CIGAR BUNGHES.

1 APPLICATION FILED APR 14, 1904.

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No.815,359.' N PAT-ENTED MAR.20,'1906.

W. s. LUGKBIT.

MACHINE r011 HANDLING CIGAR BUNGHES. 7 APPLICATION FILED APR 14, 1904.

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WILLIAM S. LUCKETT, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY. ASSIGNOR TO INTERNATIONAL CIGAR MACHINERY COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,

A CORPORATION OF. NEW JERSEY,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 20, 1906.

Application filed April 14, 1904.. Serial No. 203,197.

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Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. LUOKETT, a citizen of the Umted States, residing at East Orange, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Handling Cigar Bunches, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same. The present invention relates to certain improvements in machines for handling cigar In'an application filed by Oluf Tyberg, March 2-8 1901, for a machine for removing cigar bunches from molds, Serial No. 53,211, there is disclosed an automaticmachine by whichcigar-molds are automatically'o ened in succession, the bunches automatica ly removed therefrom by suitable devices, and the molds then automatically closed and delivered from the machine. In an a plication filed September 17, 1902, by Olu' Tyberg and Leon Lake, Serial No. 123,980, for machine for removing cigar bunches from molds are disclosed certain improvements applicable to the type of machine'illustrated in the Tyberg sole application above referred 'to. Inthe machines illustrated in the applications referred to the separation .of the two partsof the mold is effected by pulling one part, of the mold straight away from the other part, that is to say, that'side of the moving part of the mold which isneXt to the tuck end of the and themoving part tends to and sometimesdoes injure the bunch. Furthermorefln that [class of machines in which the separation of theinold is eifected by pulling the lower art of ,the rnjold away from the upper part 0 the mold and in which the lower-part ofthe mold is unsup orted between operations except by its frictional contact with the upper part of 3 the niolelit has been found that in some inpenetrate the cigar bunches.

the bunches.

stances, es ecially where the molds have been operated or some time, this frictional con-- tact is not strong enough to hold the lower. part of the mold against the-upper part and it drops, thus interfering with the operation of the machine. Furthermore, in the machines heretofore constructed the bunches are removed from the mold after the mold is opened by means of impaling devices, which These impaling devices after penetrating the cigar bunches have been given a swinging movement to lift the bunches out of the mold, this swinging movement being of such a character as to first lift outof the mold the end of the bunch opposite to that-which was penetrated by the impaling devices. In other words, in:

asmuch as the impaling devices are caused to penetrate the tuck end of the bunch the swinging of the impaling devices operates to first lift out of the mold the tip end of the tuck end, because their'diameter is less at that end. The impaling devices, therefore,

in'breaking out the bunches. from the mold are apt to injure the bunches, the suction be tween the mold and bunches holding the bunch. The, impaling devices are shorter than the bunch, and aside from this fact the.) bunches are weaker at the tip end than at the bunches so strongly that the pins tear out of It is one of the produce an improved machine in which molds are operated upon to enable the bunches to be removed therefrom, in which the parts of the mold shall be separated in such a manner that the two parts'of the mold are separated on one side in advance of their separation on the other side, so as to avoid breaking the bunches.

objects of this invention to A further object ofthe invention is to provide'a machine in which molds are operated upon to enable. the bunches to be removed therefrom, in which machine devices are provided to prevent the accidental separation of the parts of the mold at the wrong time. A further .object of the invention is to produce a machine in which molds are operated upon to enable the bunches to be removed therefrom, in which machine the bunches are removed from the mold by impaling devices,

thatend of the bunch which is entered by theimpaling devices being broken out of the mold before the other end is broken out, thus avoiding injury to the bunches.

IViththese and other objects not specifically referred to in view the invention consists in certain constructions and in certain parts, improvements, and combinations, as will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is afront elevation, partly in section, of so much of a machine for operating on cigar-molds as is necessary to an understanding of the invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the construction shown in Fig. 1. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are diagrammatic detail views illustrating the operation of the breaking-out devices for the mold. Figs. 6 to 11, inclusive, illustrate diagrammatically the operation of the various devices by which the molds are opened, are held in position during the removal of the bunches, and are closed after the bunches have been removed.

Referring to said drawings, the machine which has been selected to illustrate the inven tion is in general construction similar to the machine disclosed in the Tyberg and Lake application above referred to, although it is to be understood that the improvements might be embodied in machines which differ materially therefrom.

The side frames in which the operative parts of the machine are supported are marked 401, and in the particular construc tion shown these side frames are provided with recesses 403, in which a stack of molds to be operated upon may be guided. The side frames are tied'together bymeans of a cross-bar 405. In the particular construction illustrated the means for supporting the stack of molds will be of such a character as to ermit the cigar bunches in the bottom moFd of the stack to be engaged by bunch-removing means for the discharge of the bunches, the mold being then closed and transported away from the stack, after which another mold is operated upon. as in the machine of the application referred to, an abutment is employed on which the mold to be operated upon may at times be supported and also on which the stack of molds, when a stack is being operated upon in the machine, may at times be supported. In the construction illustrated this abutment consists of two movable blocks 406, one of these blocks being located on each side of the machine and each of them being provided with a supporting-shoulder 407. The operating means by which the abutment is given the movements necessary for the dis- .l eharge of its functions may be varied; but

they will preferably, as in the machine of the Tyberg and Lake application above referred to, consist of slides 408, mountedto move in Preferably,

suitable ways 409, the blocks being pivoted to the slides by pivots 410. Each of the blocks 406 is provided with a projection 41], to which is secured a spring 412, the other end of the spring being connected to a pin 413, extending inward from each 'of the slides referred to. The purpose of these springs will be hereinafter stated.

A mold being ositioned on the supportingfaces of the shou ders 407, devices are brought into operation which separate the two parts of the mold. The molds on which the machine which has been selected to illustrate the invention is intended to operate are the ordinary two-part molds now commonly com-v mercially used, these molds being shouldered at each end so that a space is left at the ends between the upper and lower parts of the mold. In the particular machine illustrated, therefore, the separating devices are caused to engage the molds at the ends and in the specific form .illustrated by the shoulders referred to, though these engaging devices might be differently constructed and would be if molds of different constructions were to be operated upon by the machine. The construction of the separating devices themselves may be varied within wide limits; but in the particular construction shown the separating devices for the lower part of the mold consist of retaining rojections 514 515, which are carried on t 1e blocks 406, though they might be otherwise mounted. In the machine shown the lower part of the mold in order to reach the supporting-shoulders of the abutment passes between the projections, which are hooked at their upper ends, as shown. The springs 412 permit the blocks 406 to move outward, and thus permit the passage of the mold, the springs throwing the blocks inward after the mold has passed between the projections, so that they are thus brought into operative position.

The upper part of the mold is held during the opening operation by devices which may be varied widely in form and construction. When, as in the construction illustrated, an abutment is relied upon to assist in the separation of the parts of the lowest mold of a stack of molds, it is obvious that means must be provided for sustaining in position the upper part of the lowest mold and the molds in the stack above said part. While these means may be of any suitable construction, they will preferably be similar to those shown in the Tyberg and Lake application referred to for the same purposethat is to say, engaging projections 416 417 are provided, these projections being so spaced that the projections 417 take into the spaces of the lowest mold of the stack and the projections 416 take into the spaces of the mold which is next above the lowest mold. These projections are preferably, as in the machine of the application referred to,mounted on supports side frames.

415 which are arranged in the form of slides to say,- there is provided on each ,side of the machine a bell-crank 419, 420-, said bellcrank being pivoted at 421 in suitable bear ingsformed on the machine-frame. The arm 419 of each bell-crank is slotted and engages a pivotedblock 422, mounted in slots, in the slides '415. The arms 420 of the belle cranks are connected by links 423 to CELIIITIG', vers 424, the said. levers being pivoted on the sides of the machine and being provided with bowls 425, which engage in groovesin cams 426. These cams 426 are mounted on the main shaft 427 of the machine, said shaft being driven by a sprocket 428 or in any other desired manner. 7

It is apparent that when the stack of molds is in position in the machine with the lowest mold resting on the shoulders 407 of the blocks 406 the retaining projections 5'14 515 of these blocks will enter the space between the upper and lower parts of the mold which rests on the abutment. If now the slides 415 be moved inwar,d,'it is further apparent that the projections 417 of theseslides will lie between the projections 514 515 .and will enter the same spaces which these projections have' entered and that the projections 416 will G11",

ter similar spaces in the mold above. (See Fig. 6.); If now the two setslof projections be separated, as may be done by-moving either set of projections, the two parts of the mold will be separated.

"It has been before stated that the means for separating the two parts of the mold to be opened may be varied widely in construction.

Whatever the variation, in construction of these devices may be, however, they will be.

' of such a character as to cause the mold to be separated on one side prior to the separation In the machine which hasv on the other side. been selected to illustrate the invention this operation is effected by constructing the hooked projections 514 so that'their operating faces are nearer the supporting-face of the abutment406 than are the operating-faces ofthe projections 515. It will ofcourse be understood that there is a pair of projections 514515 for each endof the mold, and these projections are further constructed so that the projections 514 engage the same on one side ofits longitudinal center,.and the pro jections 515 engage the mold on the other side of its longitudinal center. It follows, therefore, that when the separation occurs between the projections 417 and the pairs of projections514 515 the projections 514 will comeinto. operation beforeithe projections 515, and consequently that'thatside of the mold on whichthese projectionsoperate will be separated beforf' the .separation on the other side of the'ifnold occurs. In the construction shown the separation of the parts of the mold is effected by giving a downward this movement isefiected through the slides to the projections 514. 515, and

408, to which the blocks v406, which carry these projections, are connected. These con.-

nections while they may be of any suitable character will preferably be similar to those shown in the Tyberg and Lake application referred to'that is to say, 'each of the slides 4081s connected, by means of a link 429, to a suitable cam-operated lever; The particu+ lar construction by which-the desired movements are effected is not necessary to an understanding of this'invention, and in the interest of brevity the description of it is omitted. Reference is made, however, to said Tyberg and Lake application for a full disclosure of operating means suitable for thispurpose.

In-the machine which has been selectedto illustrate the invention the bunches are removed after the mold is'opened by suitable removing means, which maybe varied in their j construction, but which, in accordance with the present invention, include impaling des',

vices. When such impaling devices are employed, they will preferably be constructed 'to. o erate in such a manner that they will brea out of the mold that part of the bunch r I before they break out the other part of the which is penetrated by the impaling devices bunch. The impaling devices, as herein shown, consists'of a plurality of pins 438, which may be mounted and operated in any desired manner. In the construction shown these pins are mounted on a bar 446, carried on a support which, as herein illustrated, comprises a pair of arms 444 445'. This bar is mounted in its support in such a way as to enable the bar andpins to be given a movement independent of the movements of the suport, which movements will be hereinafter reerred to. Theparticular-manner of mount ing the bar and support may be varied within wide limits. As shown, the bar is provided with two pairs of angle-brackets 516, one pair of brackets taking on each side of the arm 444 and the other pair taking on eachside of i the arm 445. These arms 444 445 are provided with slots 517, and in each of these slots is located a faced block 518, the blocks being connected to the angle-brackets by faced pins 519. The blocks are shorter than the slots, and in the'spacebetween the bot tom of the slots and the under side of the blocks are placed springs 520. It is apparent that the bar 446 can be forced downward by pressure applied thereto against the tension of the springs 520, thus giving the bar and pins a movement independent of .the movement of the arms.

The support which carries the bar and pins is preferably so mounted as to have a downward movement after the mold is opened to clear the bunches from the mold, after which the arms are moved outward away from the mold, the pins at this time carrying the bunches, and the arms are then given a rotating movement to bring the bunches into position to be delivered. To effect these various movements, the arms are in the construction shown mounted on a shaft 443, said shaft being carried in upwardlyextending arms 441 442, mounted on a slide 440, which moves in suitable ways in the bed-plate of the machine. The construction by which the slide is moved and the shaft is operated to give the pins the movements referred to is unnecessary to an understandin of this invention and is omitted in the interests of brevity and clearness. Reference is made, however, to the application of Tyberg and Lake, before referred to, for a full disclosure of means which may be employed for this purpose.

Prior to the swinging movements of the arms referred to the pins are given the movement referred to by which the bunches are broken out of the mold at the end penetrated by the pins, which will usually be for obvious reasons the tuck end of the bunch. The construction by which this downward movement is effected may be varied within wide limits; but, as shown, there are provided two levers 521, said levers beingsuitably pivoted in the frame of the machine and being connected by suitable links 522 to cam-levers 523, said levers being operated by cams 524, carried on the cam-disk 426 before referred. to.

In the operation of the machine which has been selected to illustrate the invention after a mold has been positioned on the faces of the abutment 406 the impaling-pins are caused to penetrate the bunches in this mold. This might be effected either by causing the mold to move against the impaling-pins, as in the Tyberg application referred to, or by causing the pins to move toward the mold, as in the construction in the Tyberg and Lake application referred to. The latter construction is the preferable one, and reference is made to said application for a full disclosure of a means by which this may be accomplished. Inasmuch, however, as the particular means by which the bunches are caused to be impaled by the impaling devices is not necessary to an understandin of the invention, a description thereof is omitted from this specification in the interest of brevity.

After the bunches have been impaled the blocks and their projections 514 515 are given 'of the parts being illustrated in Fig. 7.

the downward movement through their operating connections to separate the parts of the mold, one side of the mold. being separated before the other side, as is indicated, for instance, in Fig. 9. After the two parts of the mold have been thus separated the levers 52] come into operation to produce the bunchbreaking-out movement referred to, the operation being that indicated in Fig. 4', after which the support for the pins is given in the machine illustrated a downward swinging movement to entirely clear the bunches from the molds. (See Fig. 5.) The means by which this movement is effected. may be of any desired character. As shown, the shaft 443, on which these arms are mounted, is provided with a segment-gear 463, which meshes with a segment-arm 464, operated. through suitable connections from the cam-shaft of the machine. Reference is made to the Tyberg and Lake application above referred to for a full description of a suitable means by which this movement may be ell'ected.

After the bunches are clear of the mold the slide 440 is operated through suitable connections, not necessary to describe here, to so position the bunch-removing devices with respect tothe mold that the delivery operations by which the bunches are removed from the pins are carried out. These delivery operations may be effected in any desired. manner, but may be effected by the means fully described in the said Tyberg and Lake applie a tion.

As soon as the bunches have been removed from the mold the blocks 406, comprising the abutment, are given an upward i'novement to close the mold. The slides 415 are then withdrawn, so as to disengage the projections 416 417 from the space in the mold, the position In this position of the parts the entire stack of molds being operated upon is supported on the operating faces 407 of the blocks 406. These blocks are now given a downward movement, lowering the entire stack an amount equal to the vertical height of one mold. When, in the movement of the stack, the projections 416 417 come opposite the spaces between the second and third molds above the one resting on the blocks 406, (see Fig. 8,) the slides 415 are again operated to cause these projections to engage the spaces. This inward movement of the slides occurs slightly before the blocks 406 have reached their lowest position, so that there is a clearance between the lowest mold and the mold just above it. This lowest mold, which has been emptied in the manner described, is now removed from the machine by any desired meansas, for instance, by means of ejectors 476, mounted on slides 475, these slides being operated by cam -levers 479. Reference is made to the said Tyberg and Lake application for full disclosure of a 1 0 suitable e ector construction and the means for operating it.

After the empty mold has been ejected from the blocks 406 and prior to the time when these blocks move up so that their pro jections 514 515 engage the lowest mold it will be seen (see Fig.8) that the bottom of the lowest mold, whichmold at this time is drop away from the top part, thus interfering with the operation of the machine, and it has been found in actual operation that this sometimes occurs, especially withmolds that have been worked for a considerable length of time. To prevent this untimely separa-f tion of the parts of the mold, supplemental holding devices are preferably provided;

While these supplemental holding devices might be of any desired description and mounted and operated in any desired manner, in the construction shown they consist of springs 525, which are secured to the slides which carry the projections 416 417. These springs will preferably be of the form shown 1n the drawings and will be strong enough to prevent the untimely separation of the parts of the mold referred to or in any way mter-: fere with the separation of the mold at the proper time.

It is to be understood that while the drawings illustrate a preferredform of the construction changes and variations may be vmade therein without departing from the invention. The invention is not, therefore, to be limited to the specific construction hereinbefore described, and illustrated in the .ac-

comp anying drawings.

What is claimed -is1 1. In a machine for handling molds for ciar bunches, the combination with means or holding a two-part mold for containing a plurality of bunches the parts ofthe .-m0ld being unconnected, of mold-opening means,

said means operating to separate the parts of the mold on one side at one end of the bunches in advance of the separation on the other side, substantially as described. 2. In a machine for handling molds'for cigar bunches, the combination with means for holding a two-part mold for containing a plurality of bunches the parts of the mold being unconnected, of mold-opening means arranged-to engage the mold to one side of its longitudinal center, whereby the parts of the mold are'separated-on one side prior'to their separation on the other side, substantially as described.

3. In amachine for handling molds for ci- 'gar bunches, the combination, with means for holding a two-part mold for containing a plurality of bunches, of mold-opening means arranged to engage the mold on both sides of its longitudinal center, the opening means on one side of said center being brought into operation before the opening means on the other side, whereby the parts of the mold are separated on one side prior to their separation on the other side, substantially as described.

4. In a machine for handling molds for ci gar bunches, the combination with means for holding in position atwo-part mold for containing a plurality of bunches the parts of the mold being unconnected, of projectionsfor engaging one part of the mold, and means whereby said projections are caused .to separatethe parts of the mold on the side nearest one end of the bunches in advance of the separation on the other side, substantially as described.

- 5. In a machine for handling molds for ciar bunches, the combination with means or holding'a two-part mold for containing a plurality of bunches, of a pair of projections at one end of the mold, a 1pair of projections at the other end of the mo d, the corresponding projections of each pair engaging on opposite sides "of the longitudinal center of the mold, and actuatingmeans for said projections, the projections on one side of the said center being arranged to come into operation before'the projections on the other side of said center, substantiallyas described.

6. In a machine for handling molds for cigar bunches, the combination with supports or one part of a two-part mold, of means for actuating the supports-to engage this part, devices for engaging the other part of the mold, on each side of its longitudinal center, and means for effecting a relative movement between the supports and said enga ing de vices, the engaging deviceson one si e ofthe longitudinal center of the mold being ar ranged to come into operation before the enga mg devices on the other side of the lon itu inal center, whereb'y'the parts of the mo (1 are separated on one side prior to their separation on the other side, substantially as described.

7. In a machine for handling molds for cigar bunches, the combination with a pair of slides having supporting projections/which engage the lower side of one part of a two part mold, of two pairs of separating projections arranged to enga e theother part of said mold on each side oi its longitudinal center, the operating-faces ofthe separating projections on one side of the longitu'dina center being arranged nearer to the surface of the part of the mold which they engage than the faces of the projections on theother side of the center, and means for effecting a relative movement between the supporting and separating projections, substantially as described.

gar bunches, the combination with supports having projections which engage the lower face of one part of a two-part mold, of an abutment for supporting the other part, two pairs of projections arranged to engage this part of the mold, projection of said pairs being arranged to engage on opposite sides of. the longitudinal center of the mold and the projections on one side of said center having their operating-faces farther from the abutment than the faces of the other projections, and means for effecting a relative movement between the supporting projections and the abutment and its cooperating projections, substantially as described.

9. In a machine for handling molds for cigar bunches, the combination with a pair of supports arranged to engage the lower face of the upper part of a two-part mold, of an abutment for supportingthe lower part of said mold, two pairs of projections arranged to engage said lower part of the mold on opposite sides of the longitudinal center, the pro jections on one side of the longitudinal cen ter having their operating-faces farther from the abutment than the operating-faces of the projections on the other side of the longitudinal center, means for moving the abutment and its cooperating projections away from and toward the projections which hold the other part of the mold to open and close the mold, and bunch-removing means, substantially as described.

10. In a machine for handling molds for cigar bunches, the combination with a pair of supports arranged to engage the lower face of the upper part of a two art mold, of an abutment for supporting tie lower part of said mold, two pairs of projections arranged to engage said lower part of the mold on opposite sides of the longitudinal center, the projections on one side of the longitudinal center having their operating-faces farther from the abutment than the operating-faces of the projections on the other side of the longitudinal center, means for moving the abutment and its cooperating projections away from and toward the projections which hold theother art of the mold to open and close the mold, unch-removing means, and means for discharging the mold, substantially as described.

11. In a machine for handling molds for ci gar bunches, the combination with a pair of slides having projections to engage one of the arts of a two-part mold, of operating means or the slides, an abutment having two pairs of projections arranged to engage the other part of a two-part mold on each side of its longitudinal center, the projections on one side of the longitudinal center having their 0 erating-faces farther from the abutment t an the operating-faces of the projections on the other side of the center, means for moving the abutment and its projections away from and toward the part of the mold held by the projections on the slides to open and close the mold, substantially as described.

12. In a machine for handling molds for cigar bunches, the combination with a pair of slides having projections to engage one of the part-s of a two-part mold, of operating means for the slides, an abutment having two pairs of projections arranged-to engage the other part of said mold on each side of its longitudinal center, the projections on one side of the longitudinal center having their operating-faces farther from the abutment than the operating -faces of the projections on the other side of the center, means for moving the abutment and its projections away from and toward the part of the mold held by the projections on the slides to open and close the mold, and bunch-removing means, substantially as described.

13. In a machine for handling molds for cigar bunches, the combination with means for sustaining a stack of two-part molds in position, of means for separating and removing from the stack the lowest mold, and holding devices operating on the lower part of the mold above the lowest mold.

14. In a machine for handling molds for cigar bunches, the combination with means for sustaining a stack of two-part molds in position, means for opening and closing the molds successively, bunch -romoving means, and means for removing the lowest mold from the stack, and holding devices 0 )erating on the lower part of the mold above t 1e lowest mold.

15. In a machine for handling cigar-molds, the combination with means for supporting a stack of two-part molds in position, of a set of lower engaging devices operating to engage the lower part of the lowest mold, a set of upper engaging devices engaging the upper part of the lowest mold, means for separating these sets of devices to open the lowest mold, bunch-removing means, means for causing the upper engaging devices to engage the mold above the lowest mold, mold-removing means, and holding devices acting on the lower part of the mold above the lowest mold.

16. In a machine for handling cigar-molds, the combination with means for supporting a stack of two-part molds in position, of a set of lower engaging devices operating to engage the lower part of the lowest mold, a set of upper engaging devices engaging the upper part of the lowest mold, means for separating these sets of devices to open the lowest mold, buncl1-removing means, means for causing the upper engaging devices to engage the mold above the lowest mold, mold-removing means, and frictional holding devices carried by the upper engaging devices acting on the lower part of themold above the lowest mold.

17. In a machine for handling cigar-molds,-

the combination with means for supporting a stack of two-part molds in position, of a set of lower engaging devlces operating to engage the lower part of the lowest mold, a set of upper engaging devices engaging the upper part slides, said slides being provided wit prodescribed.

j ections for engaging the upper part of a twopart mold, of an abutment. provided with projections for engaging the lower part of said mold, supplementary holding-springs carried by the slides and arranged to engage the lower part of the mold, means for actuating the slides, means for actuating the abutment and its projections to open and close the mold, bunch-removing means, and

means for'discharging the mold, substan-- tially as described.

19. The combination with a mold, of bunchimpaling means, and means for effecting a relativeinovement between the mold and the lmpaling means to break that end of the bunch into which the impaling means is inserted out of the mold before the other end,- substantially as described.

20. The combination with amold, of bunchimpaling means, and means for operating said impaling means to break that end of the bunch into which the impaling meansis inserted out of the mold before the other end,

substantially as described.

21. ,In a machine for handling molds for cigar bunches, the combination with moldsupporting means, of a plurality of bunchim'paling devices, means whereby the impaling devices are caused to impale the bunches,

andmeans for efiecting a relative movement between the impaling devices and the'mold to break that end of the bunch into which the impaling devices are inserted out of the mold before the other end, substantially as 22. In a machine for handling molds for ing devices are caused to impale the bunches, means for effecting a relative movement between the impaling devices and the mold to break that end of the bunch into which the impaling devices are-inserted out of the mold before the other end, and means whereby the delivery of the bunches is effected, substantially as described.

23. In a machine for handling molds for cigar bunches, thecombination with moldsupporting means, of a plurality of bunchimpaling pins, means for supporting the pins, carrying means for the pins and their supporting means, meansfor causing the pins to impale the bunches, and means for givlng the pins and their supporting means a movement with respect to their carrying means to break that end of the bunch into which the impaling-pins are inserted out of the mold before the other end, substantially as described.

24. In a machine for handling molds for cigar bunches, the combination with a moldsupport, of a plurality of bunch-impaling means, a bar in which said pins are mounted, carrying means for the bar, means whereby the pins are caused to impale the bunches,

and means for giving the bar and pins a movement independent of their carrying means to break that end of the bunch into which the pins are inserted out of the mold before the other end, substantially as described.

25. In a machine for handling molds for cigar bunches, the combination with a moldsupport, of a plurality of impaling-pins, a bar in which the pins are mounted, carrier-arms for the bar, means whereby the pins are caused to impale the bunches, means for giving the bar and pins a movement independent of the carrier-arms to break that end of the bunch into which the pins are inserted out of the mold before the other end, and means for operating the arms to deliver the bunches, substantially as described.

26. In a machine for handling molds for cigar bunches, the combination with supporting, opening and closing means for a mold, of a plurality of impaling-pins, a bar in-which said pins are mounted, carrying means for the bar, means whereby the pins are caused to impale the bunches, and means for giving the bar and pins a movement independent of their carrying means to break that end of the bunch into which the pins are inserted out of the mold before the other end, substantially as described.

27. In a machine for handling molds for cigar bunches, the combination with supporting, opening and closing means for a mold, of, a plurality of impaling-pins, a bar in which the pins are mounted, carrier-arms for the bar, means whereby the pins are caused to. impale the bunches, means for giving the bar and pins a-movement independent of the IIO carrier-arms to break that end of the bunch f into which the pins are inserted out of the mold before the other end, and "means for operating the arms to deliver the bunches, substantially as described.

28, In a'machine forhandling molds for cigar bunches,"the combination with means for supporting, opening and closing a mold, of a plurality of impaling-pins, a bar on which the pins are carried, a support for the bar, said su port being constructed to provide a guide in which the bar moves, means for causing the bunches in the mold to be impaled by the pins, an actuator for causing the bar to move in its guide, and means for operating the bar-support to bring the bunches into delivery position, substantially as described.

29. In a machine for handling molds for cigar bunches, the combination with means for supporting, opening and closing a mold, of a plurality of impaling-pins, a bar in which said pins are mounted, a support for the bar, said support being constructed to provide a guide in which the bar may move, an actuator for moving the bar in the guide in one direction, springs for returning the bar, and means for operating the support to bring the bunches into delivery position, substantially as described.

30. In a machine for handling molds for cigar bunches, the combination With means for supporting, opening and closing a mold, of a plurality of bunch-impaling pins, a bar on Which the pins are mounted, a support comprising a pair of slotted arms, an actuator for moving the bar in the slots, springs for returning the bar, a carriage on which the arms are mounted, means whereby the pins are caused to impale the bunches, and means for operating the arms to bring the bunches into delivery position, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

WVILLIAM S. LUCKEIT.

Witnesses:

E. W. STUART, W. H. GLASSFORD. 

